Creating gradients

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Gradient fill can be added to enclosed spaces to provide extra dimension. The process of creating gradients in AutoCAD 2015 is relatively straightforward, but finding the tool within the AutoCAD interface can be challenging. This video tutorial simplifies the process, demonstrating how the gradient tool is actually a customized version of the Hatch command.

…In this video we will experiment with the gradient command.…Open the plumbing sample file in the chapter eight folder and zoom in.…This is actually the water system in my house.…I have a wood stove that heats the water and it goes up here in the range boiler.…I have a panel on the roof that heats the water also through a heat exchanger.…And the water in the range broiler is a source…of preheated water that goes in to the electric water heater.…So, to make this diagram stand out more, I'd like…to insert gradients into these pieces of equipment in these tanks.…

And that will represent the temperature gradient that goes from cold to…hot in the range boiler and in the electric hot water heater.…The colder water is at the bottom and the hotter water is at the top.…So we can visually depict that using a gradient.…You'll find the gradient tool up here underneath the Hatch command.…It's actually the Hatch command itself, but it's customized…so that it automatically selects the first gradient pattern here.…

If you open this up, you'll see that it's actually the Hatch command.…

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5/29/2014

Scott Onstott has been using AutoCAD for 24 years and has witnessed its evolution into the world-leading application for computer-aided drafting and design. You too can harness its power and start creating detailed CAD drawings, whatever your field: design, architecture, or engineering. In this in-depth course, Scott shows you how to draw precise, measured 2D drawings—the basis of design communication the world over. Then he shows how to create and modify geometry, layers, blocks, attributes, dimensions, and layouts, and finally, how to start sharing your drawings with others.